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The mystery of who exactly is responsible for the sale of Joseph does not begin with the inner contradictions found at the end of the chapter. The storyline as a whole works to complicate the moral question of responsibility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who shall we blame? Jacob, who causes the brothers&#8217; hatred by his favoritism for Joseph, rebukes Joseph for his dreams, and then sends him off alone to encounter them? Joseph, who doesn&#8217;t know how to take the hint when his brothers stop talking to him, and continues to share his provocative dreams with them? The anonymous brothers who suggest killing him, Reuven who suggests throwing him into the pit, Judah who suggests selling him, or any one of the multiple groups of merchants named as involved in his sale? \u00a0Or shall we pin the blame on the mysterious man who plays a crucial role in bringing Joseph to his brothers&#8217; hands?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the text is making the same point that Joseph will make to his brothers at the end of the story. No one actor can be held responsible for what happened. Every decision, every action, every player, was guided by a Divine hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But while this can be an inspiring perspective to adopt, it&#8217;s also deeply problematic for what it says about human agency and responsibility. The tribes kidnapped and sold their brother- will they be applauded for contributing to the Divine plan? Ultimately, Jewish tradition is relentless in its quest for responsibility, and the powerful liturgical recitation of<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midrash_Eleh_Ezkerah\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eleh Ezkerah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a roman emperor calling the Jewish leaders of his generation to task for the brothers&#8217; sin, and the Divine decree concurring.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103424,"id":103424,"title":"-6240c7745d714--6240c7745d715gen37-joseph brothers pit.jpg","filename":"6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-sale-of-joseph-whos-to-blame\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39091,"date":"2022-03-27 20:22:12","modified":"2022-03-27 20:22:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":446,"height":473,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg-283x300.jpg","medium-width":283,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","medium_large-width":446,"medium_large-height":473,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","large-width":446,"large-height":473,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":446,"1536x1536-height":473,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":446,"2048x2048-height":473,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":446,"post_full_size-height":473,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6240c7745d714-6240c7745d715gen37-joseph-brothers-pit.jpg-396x420.jpg","home_baner-width":396,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"The Sale of Joseph: Who's To Blame?","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Jewish tradition ultimately calls them all - 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